Short Name: | Melva W. Costen |
Full Name: | Costen, Melva Wilson, 1933- |
Birth Year: | 1933 |
Melva W. Costen, a native of South Carolina, retired as Helmar Emil Nielsen Professor of Worship and Music, choral director, and chair of the church music degree program at Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia. She subsequently became the Visiting Professor of Liturgical Studies at the Institute of Sacred Music at Yale Divinity School in New Haven, Connecticut. She remains active in the Civil Rights Movement and as a teacher and consultant in area of church music, liturgy, and curriculum development. (2006)
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Tunes by Melva W. Costen (9) | As | Instances | Incipit |
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BALM IN GILEAD (Spiritual) | Melva W. Costen (Arranger) | 2 | 32321 51231 33432 |
GO DOWN MOSES | Melva W. Costen (Arranger) | 3 | 53322 33155 771 |
GO TELL IT | Melva W. Costen (Harmonizer and Adapter) | 2 | 33216 51222 12323 |
HE IS KING | Melva W. Costen (Adapter) | 3 | 56123 56123 11223 |
LET US BREAK BREAD | Melva W. Costen (Arranger) | 3 | 56111 11322 11355 |
[Upon the mountain when my Lord spoke] | Melva W. Costen (Adapter) | 5 | 11661 65565 32123 |
[Chariot rode on the mountain top] | Melva W. Costen (Adapter) | 2 | 56111 56553 5633 |
WERE YOU THERE | Melva W. Costen (Arranger) | 7 | 51333 21321 13555 |
[You'll hear the trumpet sound] (Spiritual) | Melva W. Costen (Arranger) | 13 | 33231 15534 22653 |